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Contraindications and ginseng interactions

Ginseng is contraindicated in acute bacterial diseases because its inhibitory effect on inflammation and the tendency to boost type 1 immune response (antiviral and anticancer) is at the expense of Type 2 (antibacterial) response. Ginseng would reduce the sharpness of the immune response against acute bacterial infection. For purely safety reasons, I also recommend that ginseng not be used in the first trimester of pregnancy . In later stages of pregnancy, ginseng is no problem .

Ginseng has virtually no side effects

Ginseng is an almost perfect adaptogen and as such has virtually no side effects . However, since some people can not imagine a cure without undesirable effects, ginseng is thinking about it. Thus, we will find that the adverse effects of ginseng include increased blood pressure, nervousness, insomnia, skin rash and diarrhea, which were found in the article Siegel1979gas in JAMA magazine 1979 and Chen1981eas in Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine For TCM ") collectively called ginseng abuse syndrome - ginseng overdose syndrome. The 1979 article was based on a questionnaire that filled 133 patients with a history of ginseng use. There are no experimental studies to confirm these ginseng side effects. Instead, there are reports of individual patients whose health worsened at the time they took ginseng ( Paik2015rcp ). Of course, these cases do not prove, because even those who use adaptogens sometimes get worse. However, the EU has used the "ginseng overdose syndrome" to introduce a maximum dose of 2 g / day of ginseng, which is sometimes inadequate.

It is good to examine the adverse effects of ginseng because many patients rely on its safety. However, previous studies and experience of the TCM show that ginseng does not have the above- mentioned side effects ( Paik2015rcp ). It can certainly be rejected, for example, that ginseng increases blood pressure (in fact it acts against hypertension) or causes skin rash (in fact, it has an allergy). The genius - even though he is mentally encouraging - does not induce insomnia . Ginseng is not caffeine. Ginseng itself does not interfere with the cycle of sleep and waking has been shown on animals ( Lee1990cip , Huong1998aem ) and humans ( Han2013erg ).

Unreliable sources describing the fictional ginseng side effects are confusing for other researchers. On the Czech Internet is a regrettable case an article about ginseng , which is signed by doc. RNDr. Lubomír Opletal, CSc., Containing a long section about the adverse effects of ginseng. With doc. I communicated about this and I told him that the article once wrote for the website Ordinace.cz and drew the side effects from the above-mentioned sources. Doc. Opletal had no information on any further studies confirming the toxicity of ginseng. However, it would be necessary to co-operate with the publisher, as doc. Opletal no longer owns the right to the said article.

Ginseng practically does not have drug interactions

Ginseng is harmless and practically does not have a toxic dose. Experimental studies have concluded that ginseng drug interactions are virtually non-existent ( Ramanathan2016pdi ). But the ginseng drug interactions are still circulating around the world. In my opinion, it is spreading to those who want to challenge this ancient drug as part of a wider anti-propaganda propaganda. When I look at the blatant article of Messina2006hsf , published in a major medical magazine and 100% based on speculation, or a Miller1998hms article, no word other than anti-propaganda propaganda impresses me (see also Fughberman1999hms ). From a commercial point of view, ginseng competes with Paracelsus drugs , while it is non-toxic and adaptive . On the lists of fictional ginseng interactions, warfarin and anticoagulants in general, hypertension drugs, diuretics, digoxin, steroids and estrogens, insulin and antidiabetic agents and psychopharmaceuticals (phenelzine and other monoamine oxidase blockers) appear.

Digoxin: Interaction of ginseng with digoxin does not exist ( Ramanathan2016pdi ). This interaction refers to the Chen2012him and Shi2012diw reports , but its experimental evidence does not exist. As in previous cases, ginseng alone is a beneficial drug in cardiac patients.

Ginseng is harmless and safe

Ginseng does not have a toxic dose. It can be consumed as if it were a normal food. It can also be used as a vegetable soup. Even in doses of tens of grams, ginseng is harmless ( Coon2002pgs , Kitts2000esg , Seely2008sep ). The purified panaxoside toxic dose has, but is extremely high ( Kaku1975css ).

Until recently, anyone who claimed ginseng was completely ineffective was basically a placebo. Today, when its effectiveness is scientifically indisputable, it would be a mistake to let go of lists of fictional interactions and side effects. Compared to Paracelsus , ginseng is extremely safe .

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